A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of society. Caring on the Clock provides a wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs, often at risk to their own economic and physical well-being.
A nurse inserts an I.V. A personal care attendant helps a quadriplegic bathe and get dressed. A nanny reads a bedtime story to soothe a child to sleep. Every day, workers like these provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable members of society. Caring on the Clock provides a wealth of insight into these workers, who take care of our most fundamental needs, often at risk to their own economic and physical well-being.
MIGNON DUFFY is an associate professor of sociology and the associate director of the Center for Women and Work at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the author of Making Care Count: A Century of Gender, Race, and Paid Care Work (Rutgers University Press). AMY ARMENIA is an associate professor of sociology at Rollins College, and has published research in Work and Occupations, the Journal of Family Issues, and Social Science Research. CLARE L. STACEY is associate professor of sociology at Kent State University and author of The Caring Self: The Work Experiences of Home Care Aides.
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List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Margaret K. Nelson Acknowledgments Part I Paid Care Work Chapter 1. On the Clock, Off the Radar: Paid Care Work in the United States Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia, and Clare L. Stacey Chapter 2. Beyond Outsourcing: Paid Care Work in Historical Perspective Mignon Duffy Part II Contexts of Care Chapter 3. The Best of Both Worlds? How Direct Care Workers Perceive Home Health Agencies and Long-Term-Care Institutions Kim Price-Glynn and Carter Rakovski Chapter 4. The Business of Caring: Women’s Self-Employment and the Marketization of Care Nickela Anderson and Karen D. Hughes Chapter 5. Are Frontline Healthcare Jobs “Good” Jobs? Examining Job Quality across Occupations and Healthcare Settings Janette S. Dill Chapter 6. Orienting End-of-Life Care: The Hidden Value of Hospice Home Visits Cindy Cain Part III Hazards of Care Chapter 7. The Health Hazards of Health Care: Physical and Psychosocial Stressors in Paid Care Work Alicia Kurowski, Jon Boyer, and Laura Punnett Chapter 8. When the Home Is a Workplace: Promoting Health and Safety for a Vulnerable Workforce Pia Markkanen, Margaret Quinn, and Susan Sama Chapter 9. Part of the Job? Workplace Violence and Social Services Jennifer Zetocaulnick Chapter 10. Double Isolation: Immigrants and Older Adult Care Work in Canada Ivy Bourgeault Part IV Identities and Meaning Making Chapter 11. The Caring Professional? Nurse Practitioners, Social Work, and the Performance of Expertise LaTonya J. Trotter Chapter 12. Building a Professional Identity: Boundary Work and Meaning Making among West African Immigrant Nurses Fumilayo Showers Chapter 13. Ethnic Logics: Race and Ethnicity in Nanny Employment Cameron Lynne Macdonald Chapter 14. Caring or Catering? Emotions, Autonomy, and Subordination in Lifestyle Work Rachel Sherman Part V: Work and Family Chapter 15. Low-Wage Care Workers: Extended Family as a Strategy for Survival Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson Chapter 16. “It’s Like a Family”: Caring Labor, Exploitation, and Race in Nursing Homes Lisa Dodson and Rebekah M. Zincavage Chapter 17. Caught between Love and Money: The Experiences of Paid Family Caregivers Clare L. Stacey and Lindsey L. Ayers Chapter 18. Paying Family Caregivers: Parental Leave and Gender Equality in Sweden Mary K. Zimmerman Part VI: Paths to Change Chapter 19. For Children and Self: Understanding Collective Action among Early Childhood Educators Clare Hammonds Chapter 20. Creating Expertise and Autonomy: Family Day Care Providers’ Attitudes toward Professionalization Amy Armenia Chapter 21. Building a Movement of Caring Selves: Organizing Direct Care Workers Deborah L. Little Chapter 22. Healthy Diversity: Promoting a Diverse Healthcare Workforce Through Innovative Partnerships Michelle C. Haynes, Meg A. Bond, Robin A. Toof, Teresa Shroll, and Michelle D. Holmberg Chapter 23. Building Meaningful Career Lattices: Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Jennifer Craft Morgan and Brandy Farrar Epilogue: Making Care Work Mignon Duffy, Clare Stacey, and Amy Armenia References Notes on Contributors Index
List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Margaret K. Nelson Acknowledgments Part I Paid Care Work Chapter 1. On the Clock, Off the Radar: Paid Care Work in the United States Mignon Duffy, Amy Armenia, and Clare L. Stacey Chapter 2. Beyond Outsourcing: Paid Care Work in Historical Perspective Mignon Duffy Part II Contexts of Care Chapter 3. The Best of Both Worlds? How Direct Care Workers Perceive Home Health Agencies and Long-Term-Care Institutions Kim Price-Glynn and Carter Rakovski Chapter 4. The Business of Caring: Women’s Self-Employment and the Marketization of Care Nickela Anderson and Karen D. Hughes Chapter 5. Are Frontline Healthcare Jobs “Good” Jobs? Examining Job Quality across Occupations and Healthcare Settings Janette S. Dill Chapter 6. Orienting End-of-Life Care: The Hidden Value of Hospice Home Visits Cindy Cain Part III Hazards of Care Chapter 7. The Health Hazards of Health Care: Physical and Psychosocial Stressors in Paid Care Work Alicia Kurowski, Jon Boyer, and Laura Punnett Chapter 8. When the Home Is a Workplace: Promoting Health and Safety for a Vulnerable Workforce Pia Markkanen, Margaret Quinn, and Susan Sama Chapter 9. Part of the Job? Workplace Violence and Social Services Jennifer Zetocaulnick Chapter 10. Double Isolation: Immigrants and Older Adult Care Work in Canada Ivy Bourgeault Part IV Identities and Meaning Making Chapter 11. The Caring Professional? Nurse Practitioners, Social Work, and the Performance of Expertise LaTonya J. Trotter Chapter 12. Building a Professional Identity: Boundary Work and Meaning Making among West African Immigrant Nurses Fumilayo Showers Chapter 13. Ethnic Logics: Race and Ethnicity in Nanny Employment Cameron Lynne Macdonald Chapter 14. Caring or Catering? Emotions, Autonomy, and Subordination in Lifestyle Work Rachel Sherman Part V: Work and Family Chapter 15. Low-Wage Care Workers: Extended Family as a Strategy for Survival Naomi Gerstel and Dan Clawson Chapter 16. “It’s Like a Family”: Caring Labor, Exploitation, and Race in Nursing Homes Lisa Dodson and Rebekah M. Zincavage Chapter 17. Caught between Love and Money: The Experiences of Paid Family Caregivers Clare L. Stacey and Lindsey L. Ayers Chapter 18. Paying Family Caregivers: Parental Leave and Gender Equality in Sweden Mary K. Zimmerman Part VI: Paths to Change Chapter 19. For Children and Self: Understanding Collective Action among Early Childhood Educators Clare Hammonds Chapter 20. Creating Expertise and Autonomy: Family Day Care Providers’ Attitudes toward Professionalization Amy Armenia Chapter 21. Building a Movement of Caring Selves: Organizing Direct Care Workers Deborah L. Little Chapter 22. Healthy Diversity: Promoting a Diverse Healthcare Workforce Through Innovative Partnerships Michelle C. Haynes, Meg A. Bond, Robin A. Toof, Teresa Shroll, and Michelle D. Holmberg Chapter 23. Building Meaningful Career Lattices: Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Jennifer Craft Morgan and Brandy Farrar Epilogue: Making Care Work Mignon Duffy, Clare Stacey, and Amy Armenia References Notes on Contributors Index
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